A Republican, Benjamin Harrison campaigned against Grover Cleveland in defense of the protective tariff, as well as sound currency, pensions for Civil War veterans, and efficiency in office.

was a Civil War general and lawyer who descended from an already political family. He was the great-grandson of Declaration of Independence signer Benjamin Harrison, the grandson of President ...

First elected in 1884, he was the first Democrat to serve as president after the Civil War. But he lost the 1888 election to Benjamin Harrison. Then, four years later in 1892, Cleveland won the ...

Entertainment News // 6 years ago Richard 'Old Man' Harrison of 'Pawn Stars' fame ... During the American Civil War, he served as a Brigadier General in the XX Corps of the Army of the Cumberland.